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Posted: Jul 28 2016 09:28PM PDT

Video Posted: Jul 28 2016 10:29PM PDT

Updated: Jul 28 2016 10:34PM PDT

(CNS/FOX 11) - A 28-year-old Santa Ana man was behind bars today on suspicion of abducting a 4-year-old boy from a family picnic.

Armando Torreblanca Nunez, who listed his occupation as "caregiver," was being held on $1 million bail, according to Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna.

Nunez was booked Wednesday night on suspicion of kidnapping for the purpose of committing a lewd act on a child, lewd act on a child and kidnapping, Bertagna said.

The boy and his family were at a birthday party at Jerome Park when he went missing about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, Bertagna said. When his mom could not find him, she called police.

An Orange County Sheriff's Department helicopter broadcast a message to the community, via its public address system, that described what the boy was wearing, Bertagna said.

An employee of an electronics store, who had given $1 to Nunez when he asked for a buck for his "kid," heard the police broadcast and felt Nunez might be the suspect, Bertagna said. He told his boss, who confronted Nunez is a market near the electronics store.

"He says, `Is this your child?"' Bertagna said. "When he says, `no,' he takes the kid away from the guy, who tries to walk away, and they detain him until we get there."